Xyela


Xyela is a genus of sawflies, belonging to the family Xyelidae.
The genus was described in 1819 by Dalman.

Ecology

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Larvae of most species of Xyela live and feed in the developing staminate cones of Pinus (Pine) species. One species, gallicaulis, forms shoot galls. Adults fly early in the spring and are commonly found in large numbers on the catkins of Salix (Willow) or Alnus (Alder) trees near their host plants.

List of species

Subgenus XyelaXyela alberta Xyela altenhoferi Blank, 2013Xyela alpigena Xyela bakeri Konow, 1898Xyela brunneiceps Rohwer, 1913Xyela californica Rohwer, 1913Xyela cheloma Burdick, 1961Xyela concava Burdick, 1961Xyela curva Benson, 1938Xyela densiflorae Blank & Shinohara, 2005Xyela deserti Burdick, 1961Xyela dodgei Greenbaum, 1974Xyela exilicornis Maa, 1949Xyela fusca Blank, Kramp & Shinohara, 2017Xyela gallicaulis D.R. Smith, 1970Xyela graeca J.P.E.F. Stein, 1876Xyela heldreichii Blank, 2013Xyela helvetica Xyela intrabilis MacGillivray, 1923Xyela japonica Rohwer, 1910Xyela julii Xyela kamtshatica Gussakovskij, 1935Xyela koraiensis Blank & Shinohara, 2013Xyela linsleyi Burdick, 1961Xyela longula Dalman, 1819Xyela lugdunensis Xyela lunata Burdick, 1961Xyela menelaus Benson, 1960Xyela meridionalis Shinohara, 1983Xyela middlekauffi Burdick, 1961Xyela minor Norton, 1869Xyela obscura Xyela occidentalis Blank & Shinohara, 2005Xyela par Blank & Shinohara, 2005Xyela peuce Blank, 2013Xyela pini Rohwer, 1913Xyela priceae Burdick, 1961Xyela pumilae Blank & Shinohara, 2013Xyela radiatae Burdick, 1961Xyela rasnitsyni Blank & Shinohara, 2013Xyela serrata Burdick, 1961Xyela sibiricae Blank, 2013Xyela sinicola Maa, 1947Xyela styrax Burdick, 1961Xyela tecta Blank & Shinohara, 2005Xyela uncinatae Blank, 2013Xyela ussuriensis Rasnitsyn, 1965Xyela variegata Rohwer, 1910
Subgenus Mesoxyela
Subgenus Pinicolites